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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453422603321

Autore

Baker Nick (Nick Vashon)

Titolo

Daylight design of buildings / / Nick Baker and Koen Steemers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Earthscan from Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-138-40553-1

1-315-07375-7

1-134-25741-4

1-134-25734-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (700 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SteemersKoen

Disciplina

261

Soggetti

Architecture and solar radiation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part 1. The role of light in architecture -- part 2. Daylighting design -- part 3. Design criteria and data.

Sommario/riassunto

To complement the critical and objective view gleaned from the study of some sixty buildings, this design manual has been developed to provide a more synthetic approach to the principles which lie behind successful daylight design. These principles are illustrated with examples drawn from the case study buildings. The emphasis throughout has been on practical methods to improve design, rather than techniques studied for any intrinsic interest.The book provides the necessary tools to assist the designer to provide well daylit interiors, and shows that good daylight design is not a restriction o